Number of manufactured cigarettes sold per capita fell 2.31% to 1,189 per year in Italy in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of manufactured cigarettes sold per capita in Italy reached an all time high of 1,861 per year in 1985 and an all time low of 826 per year in 1956. When compared to Italy's main peers, number of manufactured cigarettes sold per capita in Austria amounted to 1,486 per year, 695 per year in France, 1,723 per year in Slovenia and 1,152 per year in Switzerland in 2016.
Italy has been ranked 10th within the group of 30 countries we follow in terms of number of manufactured cigarettes sold per capita, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Number of Manufactured Cigarettes Sold Per Capita | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Austria | per year | 1,612 | 1,554 | 1,535 | 1,541 | 1,522 | ||||||||||||||||
Belgium | per year | 1,147 | 1,079 | 1,037 | 994 | 986 | ||||||||||||||||
Croatia | per year | 1,553 | 1,591 | 1,550 | 1,444 | 1,429 | ||||||||||||||||
France | per year | 867 | 852 | 807 | 742 | 701 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | per year | 1,007 | 1,020 | 1,010 | 966 | 978 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | per year | 1,416 | 1,396 | 1,127 | 944 | 757 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | per year | 1,436 | 1,405 | 1,324 | 1,218 | 1,224 | ||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | per year | ... | 2,371 | 2,350 | 2,216 | 1,871 | 1,789 | |||||||||||||||
Spain | per year | 1,568 | 1,324 | 1,147 | 1,021 | 1,005 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | per year | ... | ... | ... | 1,314 | 1,248 |